Several days earlier, Yue Wen had already paid Da Long a visit.
During his difficult battle against Li Flying Rosy Clouds, he had revealed both of his trump-card supernatural powers, the Divine Sword Thunder-Controlling Art and spell suppression Dao rhythm, leaving him with no more hidden cards.
Hu Yunting, meanwhile, had sailed through his matches, winning almost all of them with the simplest sword arts. Yue Wen knew nothing about his trump cards.
His chances of winning under those circumstances were decidedly low.
In an evenly matched battle, both sides would certainly have answers to techniques they already knew about. Only unknown methods were likely to prove effective.
He had to add to his hidden cards.
For anyone else, trying to learn a new, powerful supernatural power at this point would clearly have been unrealistic. But Yue Wen had Da Long, a treasury of supernatural powers, along with his extraordinary comprehension. Mastering a new supernatural power in three days was no exaggeration at all.
The first supernatural power he bought was Thunderlight Escape.
The three escape techniques Da Long had recommended to him back then were all of different types. Yue Wen had already bought the Trace-Hiding Art and the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art, leaving only this one.
After so many rounds of combat, practically every opponent in the arena had learned to guard against Yue Wen's Shadow Talismans. Hu Yunting was naturally no exception.
But Yue Wen could take advantage of that very vigilance, deliberately expose an opening, and then use a second escape technique to close in.
He had not bought Thunderlight Escape before because his Evil-Suppressing Money was limited, and because it consumed too much energy for someone who was still in the lower three realms. He would only have been able to use it a few times